Stove-truck



(No Model.)

J. G. ARNOLD.

STOVE TRUCK.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,121, dated December9, 1884.

Application filed March 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. ARNOLD, of VVellsville, in the county ofAllegany and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedStove-Truck, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved truck forfacilitating the lifting and moving of stoves.

The invention consists in the combination, with a frame having casters,of an additional frame connected with and held above the first frame bypivoted links, thus adapting the upper frame to swing upward andforward. A draft bar or pole is hinged to one end of the bottom frame,and a bail is hinged to the top frame, which bail is held adjustably onthe draft bar or pole.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved stovetruck, showing the top framelowered. Fig. 2 is a side view, showing the top frame raised and partsbeing broken out. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a sideview of a modified construction of the link.

A flat frame, A, is provided at each corner with a caster, B, and to thefront end of the frame a draft pole or bar, 0, is hinged, which isprovided with alongitudinal slot, D, a short distance from the lowerend. A frame, E, above the frame A is connected with the same by linksF, hinged to the frames A and E, the ends of the links being held ingrooves in the top and bottom of the side pieces of the frames. Two ormore links are arranged in each side of the truck. The links are pivotedat their ends, or the links are provided with slots G, inclined upwardfrom the front edges of the links, into which slots the pins, pivots, orstuds in the bottom frame can pass. A bail, H, has its ends pivoted tothe front ends of the sides of the top frame, E, and at its middle it ispassed through a bolt, J, passed through the slot D in the bar or poleG, on the lower end of which bolt a winged nut, K, is screwed. To theinner surfaces of the side bars of the bottom frame, A,upwardly-projecting check-plates L are secured at the rear ends.

The operation is as follows: The bolt J is adjusted to the middle of theslot D, and is locked in place by the nut K. The handle or draft bar orpole C is raised, as shown in Fig. 1, the frame E resting on the frameA. The truck is then rolled under the stove, and then the bar or pole Ois swung down, whereby the top frame, E, is pulled forward, and as it isconnected by the links F with the frame A it is also swung upward intothe position shown in Fig. 2 and raises the stove. The stove rests uponthe truck and can be drawn to any desired place. The rear cross-piece ofthe frame E strikes the check-plates L, which prevent swinging the topframe, E, forward too far. The frame E and the stove can easily belowered by swinging up the "bar or rod 0. After the stove has beenraised the bolt J can be released to permit lowering the bar or rod 0 tofacilitate moving the truck about. The distance the frame E is raisedcan be regulated by passing the pivots in the bottom frame into theupper or lower slots G of the links. The rear wheels may be arrangedupon a fixed axle instead of in casters, as shown.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the upper and lower frame, hinged together bypivoted links, of the tongue 0, pivotally connected to the lower frameand provided with the vertical longitudinal slot D, the bail H, pivotedto the upper frame and having the bolt J secured to its free end andpassing through the slot D, and a nut, K, for securing the bolt and itsbail in any desired position, substantially as set forth.

2. In a truck, the combination, with the frame A, having casters B, ofthe frame E, 0011- nected with the frame A by pivoted links, and of thecheck-plates L, secured to the bottom frame and projecting upward,substan tially as herein shown and described.

3. In a truck, the combination, with the frame A and E, of the links F,having upwardly-inclined slots G, substantially as here in shown anddescribed.

J N O. G. ARNOLD.

Vitnesses:

OHARLns F. VINCENT, HENRY F. HORN.

